Somebody Is Gonna Have To Back Up a Brinks Truck to Edelman's Home Next Year

[shmessy]

Congratulations Jules, you deserve it!

 

[Rob0729]

He will make a lot of money for him, but not for a receiver. His next contract has gone up quite a bit for coming up huge on a huge stage.

 

[Onedaful]

Edeldude is such a great player. One of the guys who truely stepped it up big time and I'm honestly a huge fan.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

He will make a lot of money for him, but not for a receiver. His next contract has gone up quite a bit for coming up huge on a huge stage.

Let's not go too far here . . . ask Sterling Moore how much coming up huge on a huge stage is worth.

That said, this is by far his best season, and the Patriots are a better team with him than without him.

 

[Froob]

Sign the beast

 

[Rob0729]

Let's not go too far here . . . ask Sterling Moore how much coming up huge on a huge stage is worth.

That said, this is by far his best season, and the Patriots are a better team with him than without him.

IDK, he was very good early in the year when Brady had no receivers. He was on pace for Welker type numbers. And Sterling Moore made some big plays, but didn't stand out in a big game like Edelman did tonight.

Again, I am speaking in relative terms. He increased his value on the open market tonight, but he isn't going to get Welker type money.

 

[Jackson 2]

Let's not go too far here . . . ask Sterling Moore how much coming up huge on a huge stage is worth.

That said, this is by far his best season, and the Patriots are a better team with him than without him.

Have you looked at his season numbers? The Sterling Moore comparison is embarrassing - to you, not Edelman.

 

[RayClay]

It's always bum or hero at Patfans.com. Probably need to give Kenbrell a thirty year contract now too.

Real nice game though Edelman. I particularly loved his punt return style juke on the five yard line when he surely looked stopped.

 

[Sciz]

I just hope that this truck is full of money, not Butterfingers.

 

[Galeb]

If he can continue to catch the ball with his hands and not cough it up, Pats may give him a pretty good offer.

 

[shmessy]

Let's not go too far here . . . ask Sterling Moore how much coming up huge on a huge stage is worth.

That said, this is by far his best season, and the Patriots are a better team with him than without him.

I've seen some bad analogies before, but that one is in a class by itself.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Have you looked at his season numbers? The Sterling Moore comparison is embarrassing - to you, not Edelman.

I've already said that this is his best season, and he deserves to be rewarded. I'm just saying that if the Patriots were planning to offer him, say 2 years @ $2M per yesterday, they're not all of a sudden going to offer him 5 years @ $5M per.

I certainly wasn't trying to compare their abilities as players.

 

[patsfan-1982]

61 rec 610 yards 4 TD's through 11 games, his having a nice season he will end up with just over 80 rec for about 900 yards not a brake the bank type season but there maybe a team or two willing to pay him amendola type money about 5 million per

 

[JMarr]

Edelman is now my favorite player. Guy is just a baller, plain and simple--not to mention a tough SOB. It's obvious the guy's just a natural at football--he'll excell anywhere you put him, kind of like Welker was in college and most of his professional career.

Loved the post-game interview where he sounded like he's been playing professional football for as many years as Tom Brady. Bigtime kudos to Belichick for that draft pick.

 

[shmessy]

61 rec 610 yards 4 TD's through 11 games, his having a nice season he will end up with just over 80 rec for about 900 yards not a brake the bank type season but there maybe a team or two willing to pay him amendola type money about 5 million per

I agree. The title was glib, but this guy's pricetag has gone up measurably. It certainly won't be the publicly embarrassing run of only one team visit (the Giants) of last offseason.

He was a college QB. He played CB WELL in 2011. He played KR well. He is the highest ypa PR in NFL history and has now proved to be a very good slot receiver.

He is NOT just a WR.

Unless he is horribly injured, he won't be seeing anything like last offseason.

 

[supafly]

IDK, he was very good early in the year when Brady had no receivers. He was on pace for Welker type numbers. And Sterling Moore made some big plays, but didn't stand out in a big game like Edelman did tonight.

Again, I am speaking in relative terms. He increased his value on the open market tonight, but he isn't going to get Welker type money.

Sterling Moore had more passes defended than any other Pats DB down the stretch in the SB 2011 run (10 in the last 4-5 games where he actually started), and he definitely stood out on a big stage--even with his severely limited talent. Hell, he got a ton of attention for the AFCCG saving strip/defended pass which sent us to the SB. I'd say that he got noticed on a bigger stage setting, at least on some level anyway. There were lots of interviews and articles written about it. Unfortunately for him his real talent level came through and he hasn't made anything of himself since (of course DAL took him from our practice squad, so we don't know for sure if he'd have had another opportunity here, but it's probably safe to say that he wouldn't have gone too far).

For what it's worth, I think Edelman is on pace to make about 4x what he did this year AAV which is about 3m per year (max), but I hardly see that as "backing up the brinks truck" on any level.

If anything, he may be in line for a 3 year/8 million dollar deal or something in that range. It's not like he's going to suddenly demand 6-7 million dollars per year anywhere. Either way, we're definitely a better team with him here, and I would hope that they continue to develop his skills at the WR level. He could potentially make another leap which would put him in line for that "Brinks truck" after his next deal in the range of Amendola's recent pact here. Stranger things have happened and he does seem to have grown as an actual wide receiver, even if it has taken 4-5 yrs and has been slow.

 

[PatsFan2]

61 rec 610 yards 4 TD's through 11 games, his having a nice season he will end up with just over 80 rec for about 900 yards not a brake the bank type season but there maybe a team or two willing to pay him amendola type money about 5 million per

Speaking of Armendola he looked very COLD Tonight understandably.Brrr

 

[supafly]

I agree. The title was glib, but this guy's pricetag has gone up measurably. It certainly won't be the publicly embarrassing run of only one team visit (the Giants) of last offseason.

He was a college QB. He played CB WELL in 2011. He played KR well. He is the highest ypa PR in NFL history and has now proved to be a very good slot receiver.

He is NOT just a WR.

Unless he is horribly injured, he won't be seeing anything like last offseason.

I agree with you entirely, shmessy. I think the title may have been slightly misworded (not that we all haven't done the same exact thing, particularly myself), but your general point is well taken.

He won't have to deal with any 700k one year deals anymore.

I would have to guess that he could see something in the range of 3m per year AAV, but my personal feeling is that it wouldn't be anything higher than that.

One more 2-3 yr deal with continued progress here, and he very well could see that 6m AAV kind of deal that Amendola saw; but I don't think he's there just yet. He has to prove himself a bit more consistently first, and I hope we continue to allow him that opportunity to grow at the actual position of WR. That would obviously continue at returning punts also, where he is extremely shifty and has quick burts/good moves in doing so.

My concern is that we can agree on reasonable compensation, as I believe staying here would be very beneficial to both sides. Edelman belongs in this kind of system to continue to grow and finally see that big payday that you're talking about, and we can certainly use him as a WR3-4 as well as our PR. One more concern is what kind of decision BB would make should it come down to choosing between him and a guy like Emannuel Sanders, who was right in the same price range. I'm thinking that Sanders may be a better actual receiver, but Edelman brings more versatility and heart than an outsider of that caliber/tier would.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I'm thinking that Sanders may be a better actual receiver, but Edelman brings more versatility and heart than an outsider of that caliber/tier would.

That's part of the reason why the Patriots put so much time into scouting him in the first place (they visited him multiple times, and brought him to Foxboro!).

The guy is an incredibly hard worker (he won an offseason award last year, and had he not injured his foot, I'm sure he would have won one this year, too). Pretty much everything he's done since joining the NFL is something he's learned since the end of his Kent State career.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Edelman is now my favorite player. Guy is just a baller, plain and simple--not to mention a tough SOB. It's obvious the guy's just a natural at football--he'll excell anywhere you put him, kind of like Welker was in college and most of his professional career.
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Yup. I've posted before one incident not likely visible to the TV viewer. In his first pre-season game his rookie year in Philly, JE was showing Joey Galloway where to line up on plays, on several occasions. It was obvious then, that he grasped the playbook while Galloway didn't. And that was the game he returned a punt for a TD. Guy in front of me at the Linc turned around (I was wearing a Troy Brown jersey) and asked "how the hell do the Patriots keep finding these type of players?"